The good news: I’m buying a house! It’s small and awesome. The less good news: in the mean time I’ve living at my friend’s place, most of my stuff is still in storage, and while I’ve got the computer I don’t have a proper desk set up. There have been some health hiccups along the way as well. It’s been a thing.

On the plus side, one of my roommates has a cat, and I’ve discovered that Flonase totally works on my cat allergies. We are bros now. I’ve always been a dog person (and super allergic to cats), but this cat is pretty awesome.

I tried making a comic this week, but I’m super rusty, and really need to work back up my art skills before making a full comic page. I’d like to resume Clockworks in August, but it might not be until September. I close on the house in a couple of weeks, and as you can imagine the early part of moving in to a house is pretty time consuming.

The eventual upside of this is I plan on living in my house that I own basically forever, which should do good things for my stability and the health of the comic.

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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2617#commentsThu, 25 Jun 2015 00:38:46 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2617Comics will resume next week. Since posting the last update, I’ve moved out of my apartment (living in my friend’s place for the short term, possibly buying a super cheap foreclosed house soon!) and I’m going back to my old home town tomorrow to go to a funeral. As you can imagine, comics have taken a bit of a back seat. But they’ll be back soon. I miss drawing these guys and telling this story.
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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2613#commentsTue, 02 Jun 2015 13:00:36 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2613Hey gang, just a head’s up that May’s 3 week long unplanned hiatus is ending in the very near future. I had a really rough month, possibly caused by meds interacting with each other (Fun fact: you’re not supposed to take antidepressants and antihistamines at the same time! Oops. If you have depression and allergies you should probably just move to the desert.) Page 0194 is written and penciled, I just need to ink it and scan it in and color it. Progress and updates and a new page up as soon as possible.
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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2610#commentsFri, 08 May 2015 15:18:02 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2610It’s a new page! +100 points if you already guessed who robbed Julius’s family. – In the original game Brigitte also planted fake evidence, blaming the robbery on our heroes. This was a fun complication at the table, but I decided that enough stuff happens in Paravo that I had to make some cuts. Page [...]]]>

It’s a new page! +100 points if you already guessed who robbed Julius’s family.

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In the original game Brigitte also planted fake evidence, blaming the robbery on our heroes. This was a fun complication at the table, but I decided that enough stuff happens in Paravo that I had to make some cuts.

Page 0194 next week, see you then!

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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2607#commentsThu, 30 Apr 2015 13:00:17 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2607Hey it’s a comic! This officially makes April 2015 the most productive Clockworks month in years. 4 Patreon backed pages, 1 free page, and 1 chapter cover! I literally could not do this without the continued support of the awesome Patreon backers, so if you’d like to join them I highly encourage you to throw [...]]]>

Hey it’s a comic!

This officially makes April 2015 the most productive Clockworks month in years. 4 Patreon backed pages, 1 free page, and 1 chapter cover! I literally could not do this without the continued support of the awesome Patreon backers, so if you’d like to join them I highly encourage you to throw $1 or more at me a month.

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I’d like to keep this momentum going, and get page 0193 up as early as possible next week. I have a pretty crazy weekend ahead of me (Avengers! D&D! A huge birthday party! A picnic party! Work!) so we’re looking at Tuesday at the earliest most likely.

See you soon.

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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2603#commentsThu, 23 Apr 2015 22:13:25 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2603Whew. That one took a while. But I think it came out alright. Say hello to Julius’s family! Page 0192 up next week. ]]>

Whew. That one took a while. But I think it came out alright. Say hello to Julius’s family!

Page 0192 up next week.

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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2598#commentsFri, 17 Apr 2015 12:00:41 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2598Hey it’s a city! – Some random worldbuilding info that likely won’t show up directly in the comic: The island nation of Paravo lies roughly 80 miles off of the west coast of the Great Republic. The island of Paravo is at this point entirely covered by the city of Paravo. Paravo is a nation [...]]]>

Hey it’s a city!

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Some random worldbuilding info that likely won’t show up directly in the comic:

The island nation of Paravo lies roughly 80 miles off of the west coast of the Great Republic. The island of Paravo is at this point entirely covered by the city of Paravo. Paravo is a nation founded by merchants and traders, and Paravian businesses can be found all over the world.

Paravo was originally an “Independent Satellite State” of the Clorencian Empire, settled by merchants from the Empire roughly 1,000 years ago.. The Paravians paid a healthy tax to the Empire every year in exchange for remaining largely autonomous. Following the New Dawn Revolution that saw the end of the Clorencian Empire and the rise of the Great Republic, Paravo was granted full independence in exchange for a one time payment to the Fledgeling Republic of one hundred million Marks. To this day, the Great Republic is Paravo’s largest trading partner. Paravo avoided attack during the Accordance War, remaining officially neutral but complying fully with all requests from the Great Republic. It’s widely believed that Paravo paid a hefty sum to the Great Republic to avoid invasion. Tensions between Paravo and the Great Republic are straining now though, as Paravo refuses to abide by trade sanctions against the Free Islands.

Paravo is an oligarchy. It’s governed by the Council of Seven, made up of representatives of the seven wealthiest families on the island. Every 10 years, the national census and audit ranks the business holding of each Paravian family. Members of the so called Sacred Seven families are extremely cutthroat in their business dealings, to hold their positions on the council. But still, the council’s make up has shifted radically over the centuries, as the fortunes of Paravo’s elite rise and fall.

Paravo has almost no natural resources of it’s own, instead importing everything it needs from around the world, and often processing raw goods and selling them elsewhere at a steep profit. It’s well known for it’s fine art and cuisine, as well as occasionally eccentric local customs.

In which we explore Paravo.
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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2572#commentsFri, 10 Apr 2015 12:55:23 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2572And that’s the end of Chapter 15! It’s also the end of Book 1. Time for me to get started on the Book 1 ebook. You may think that we’ve seen a feminine glowing eyed villain who makes sinister proclamations to Klaudius before, and you would be correct. – Chapter 16 cover image next week, [...]]]>

And that’s the end of Chapter 15! It’s also the end of Book 1. Time for me to get started on the Book 1 ebook.

You may think that we’ve seen a feminine glowing eyed villain who makes sinister proclamations to Klaudius before, and you would be correct.

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Chapter 16 cover image next week, page 0190 the week after that. See you soon!

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http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2569#commentsMon, 06 Apr 2015 18:51:45 +0000Shawnhttp://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=2569Hey it’s a new page! Look how wide open and sunny it is. There’s only one more page of Chapter 15, as we say farewell to our villains for now. It will also be the final page of Book 1, as the story says goodbye to the Great Republic. Once I finish the next page, [...]]]>

Hey it’s a new page! Look how wide open and sunny it is.

There’s only one more page of Chapter 15, as we say farewell to our villains for now. It will also be the final page of Book 1, as the story says goodbye to the Great Republic. Once I finish the next page, I’m going to work on compiling the entire comic to date in to a Clockworks Book 1 ebook, so you can take the comic with you on your tablet or whatever. I suppose I should finish updating the archives to the larger comic size first though.

Anyway, page 0189 up soon, either the end of this week or early next week.